“Alright, folks, show’s over. No more to see, folks, come on. Only sick people want to see my folks kiss.” – Bart Simpson As part of our tireless efforts to demonstrate the many ways Zombie Simpsons fails to entertain, Season 23 will be subjected to the kind of rigorous examination that can only be produced by people typing short messages at one another. More dedicated or modern individuals might use Twitter for this, but that’s got graphics and short links and little windows that pop up when you put your cursor over things. The only kind of on-line communications we…
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Compare & Contrast: Wedding Reception Guest Lists
“Would you guys do a favor for a guy in love?” – Kirk van Houten “Sure.” – Drummer “Yeah.” – Doobie Brother “It’s why we’re here.” – Keyboardist “Ned ‘N Edna’s Blend” uses a lot of ideas, characters and jokes from earlier episodes. There’s a religious school that’s more expository and less believably insane than the one in “Whacking Day”. There’s Flanders calling a talking dog “the spawn of the devil” when we all know from “Bart the Lover” that it’s Todd who considers the idea of a talking dog “blasphemous”. There’s even that poorly stereotyped theater guy, who’s not…
A Season Best and an All Time Worst
“Like one out of every nine Americans, I’m left handed. And, let me tell you, it ain’t all peaches and cream. Your writing gets smeared, Lord help you if you want to drive a standard transmission.” – Ned Flanders I have two good things to say about “Ned ‘N Edna’s Blend”. First, we dodged the “storytelling episode” bullet. When they were backstage at the beginning talking about why they didn’t do Lenny’s story, I thought for sure we were in for four short, equally dull segments, but it turned out that they went with the less annoying single, long dull…
Sunday Preview: Ned ‘N Edna’s Blend
Image bloodied by Dave. After an exhaustive ten second search, I gave up on finding a preview image for tonight’s Krabappel-And-Flanders-Stayed-Together story. Instead I just grabbed the above from that delightfully clumsy social media campaign they flopped with last summer. Here’s the details: When the town of Springfield discovers that Ned and Edna have secretly gotten engaged, Marge offers to throw them a congratulatory reception. However, bringing everyone together makes them all realize that no marriage is perfect. Meanwhile, Edna tries to help Ned’s children become more socially acceptable by changing some of the rules. The most worrisome phrase in…